September 27, 2011

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PDE Focus Areas

Digital textbooks
Online learning
Cybersafety
BYOT/BYOD
Technology integration in the classroom

Comcast Internet Essentials Deal for students who qualify for free lunches

Education Leadership Current Issue: Coaching: The New Leadership Skill

Roles

Michelle Krill - K-12 Instructional Technology Coach - South Western
Bryan Tayman - K-12 Instructional Technology Coach - South Western
Carol Roth - secondary Instructional Tech. coach - Central York
Sandy Benedict - K-12 Technology Staff Developer - West York
Anita Truax - 7-12 Instructional Technology Coach - Northeastern
Katie Barnes - HS Business and Technology Teacher - Fairfield, new wife!
Karen Sipe - Supervisor of Special Programs - District Office- Conewago Valley
Deena Kirkwood - K-12 Instructional Technology Coach, Gifted Coordinator
Angie McWilliams - Instructional Technology Coordinator - K-12, Dover School District (Jack of all Trades :-)
Lauri Brady - Elementary Instructional tech. coach - Central York

Collaboration Days

Dec. 7 - check for spring date after April testing/May
K-12
Oct. - Katie, Carol, Lauri, Sandy - canceling October date
Dec. - Carol, Lauri, Deena, Michelle, Sandy (?), Katie (?), Ann, Kristen (???), John (???), Sam (????)

To do: Determine how many teachers you can bring to the December Collaboration Day and bring to the next meeting or send Ann an email.

Details
Newbie session
Coach Connection
Stations within a standard area

Diigo - start basic, have them do, then go into more detail

Learn, Elaborate (share, develop, extend, and refine) sessions, newbie, and coaching connection

Diagram -
https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1W83lHGe19mrxxoYherffGQzTWk0kSxP5KLb8BeRVObg/edit?hl=en_US


Questions
Do we have access to more rooms?
Can lunch be moved to an earlier time?

Sharing Stuff

A twitter list of authors you can follow! http://twitter.com/#!/mmkrill/authors Use the twitter list widget!

Comcast Internet Essentials:
http://www.internetessentials.com/

SWSD's Guest Network/Bring Your Own Device Policy -
http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/schoolboard/Policies/815.pdf Revised AUP
http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/schoolboard/Policies/815_4.pdf Hardware Policy

Topics for next meeting
Collaboration Days
iPad implementation
ISTE Sharing